Oaks

British  

/ əʊks /

noun

1. a horse race for fillies held annually at Epsom since 1779: one of the classics of English flat racing

2. any of various similar races

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Etymology

Origin of Oaks

named after an estate near Epsom

Example Sentences

Officers soon caught sight of her vehicle and followed it to a shopping center parking lot in Sherman Oaks, where they arrested her around 3- minutes after the 911 call came in, according to radio correspondence reviewed by The Times.

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A big test will come on March 14 when Oaks Christian faces Trinity League power jSerra.

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Harvard-Westlake is the No. 2 seed and will play host to the winner of Sherman Oaks Notre Dame at Santa Maria St. Joseph.

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The office of Los Angeles City Councilmember Imelda Padilla has begun working with agencies to find a solution to repair infrastructure damage caused by a fire last month that went through a tunnel at Encino Franklin Fields and has limited access to three softball fields used by youth organizations and the high school teams at Harvard-Westlake, Louisville and Sherman Oaks Notre Dame.

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Sherman Oaks Notre Dame 2, Servite 0: Beckett Berg gave up three hits in six innings.

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